The Femme Conference "seek(s) to explore, discuss, dissect, and support Queer Femme* as a transgressive, genderqueer, stand-alone, and empowered identity and provide a space for organizing and activism within Queer communities."
The Femme Collective was founded and began organizing in 2005. Their first conference was produced in 2006, and subsequent conferences were planned and produced by conference Steering Committees in 2008, 2010, 2012 and anticipates a fifth conference in 2014.
2006: Jessica Eve Humphrey, Christine De La Rosa, Kathe Young, Angie Ward, Cassandra Falby, kenya simone, Ryn Hodes, Gina Coffman, Deborah Isadora Wade, Sonia Diaz, Krista Smith, Kebo Drew.
2008: Christine De La Rosa, Jessica Eve Humphrey, Kathe Young, Krista Smith, jennifer valles, Marisa Klages, Angie Ward, Ms. Cherry Gallete, Femme Mafia Twin Cities, jennifer valles, June Knightly.
2010: Jessica Eve Humphrey, Christine De La Rosa, Kathe Young, Krista Smith, jennifer valles, The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins, Marisa Klages, Becky Smith, Katie Spencer, Jessica Giusti, Damien Hadassah Luxe, Jodi Bon Jodi, Allison Stelly (Cherry Poppins), Sarah Deragon, Jessica Rosenberg.
2012: Krista Smith, jennifer valles, JAC Stringer, Maggie Cee, The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins, Ms. Cherry Gallete, Tanisha Johnson aka Monet Magnolia, Allison Stelly (Cherry Poppins), Jade Fair, Aries Hines, Damien Luxe, Ellie Krnich, Jessica Giusti, Joanna Winchester, Lizzie Hessmiller, Isabelle, Rachel Kahn.
2014:
People who have presented keynotes at the conference include:
2006: Jewelle Gomez, Amber Hollibaugh, Hanne Blank.
2008: Dorothy Allison, Julia Serano, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Veronica Combs aka Vixen Noir
2010: Kate Bornstein & Moki Macias
2012: Nomy Lamm & Pratibha Parmar
The conference is organized by the Femme Collective Conference Steering Committee Chairs and committee members. The Steering Committee is formed for each bi-annual conference from previous Steering Committee or committee members, and public calls for volunteers.
